Grinder isn't on many
of the lists of Web testing tools I've seen, but it seems to be quite
mature & gets some good press. Let me know if you try it and like it.

Charlie Stross & Perl

One of my favorite new sci-fi authors is a guy named Charles Stross.
He rivals Iain Banks for
plots that are turned 2 degrees to normality, and is a hacker/sysadmin
by trade. It was therefore distressing to read
his
take on Perl:

"""
... then along comes Randal or Tom or one of the other Perl Gods, and they deliver a half-line-long command that resembles line noise, is three times as efficient as the other solutions, and leaves you scratching your head.
"""